Debtors Prison, Whitecross
(1813-1870)

place and prison

Closed aged c. 57

Commemorated on 1 plaque

Whitecross Debtors Prison 1813 - 1870 warm-hearted Nell Gwynne, in her will, desired her natural son the Duke of St. Albans, to lay out £20 a year to release poor debtors out of prison, and this sum was distributed every Christmas Day to the inmates of Whitecross Street Prison.

Whitecross Street, EC2, London, United Kingdom where it sited (1813-1870)